Since my last update I also got new reference material: The Naboo Flash Speeder was also part of the Starships & Vehicles Collection from DeAgostini.
DeAgostini chose yet another color, which is also more green rather than blue. The original color scheme is probably turquoise. Along with the Flash Speeder I got many other models of this series.
And I'm going to make a review on them later on, too!
Since Wizards of the Coast is owned by Hasbro it's almost obvious that they choose the same colours for the miniature version.
LEGO on the other hand released their recent version of the Flash Speeder (75091) in green!
I like it!
Also in my last update I mentioned I was going to finish the Naboo Flash Speeder the coming weekend. Well, I did but wasn't able to take and upload pictures of my progress.
I am working on the last steps to finish this project and here's what I've done so far:
These are all colors I used:
For the Speeder's...
Bodywork: Revell: 61 - Emerald/Smaragd Green (shining), 34 - Ferrari-Red (shining)
Interior: Revell: Aqua Color - 378 Dark Grey (Shining), 82 - Dark-Earth (mat)
Details: Citadel: Necron Compound (Dry)
Damage feature: Revell Pigments - Deep Black
All parts repainted:
Interior:For the interior I used two colors: Revell: Aqua Color - 378 Dark Grey (Shining), 82 - Dark-Earth (mat)
Before painting I taped all edges of the seats with tape. This makes it much easier to put the color where you want it to be.
I really like how the earth-shade turned out. It looks different once it's dry. As mentioned before the original model is all grey inside. Surprisingly DeAgostini chose to paint the interior of their Flash Speeder die cast model completely in light (leather) brown. I also like the leather look for the seats much more than just grey.
Details:Red Stripes:Here I also covered all areas that shouldn't be painted with tape. Make sure to press the tape onto the surface very hard to avoid that paint runs underneath!
I used a very thin brush to apply Revell's No. 34 "Ferrari Red". This color was the only suitable red I got in my collection. I never used it before, but I think it fits the Speeder well!
Since the tape is applied you don't have to draw the red line carefully. Just make sure that your layer of color is thick enough and applied evenly.
When the paint was dry I removed the tape for the red line again. For some reason the tape was so strong that part of the green paint was removed again...this can usually only happen if the paint has not dried completely. I think I applied the tape too early...
...so I covered the red line with another strap of tape and corrected the damaged area with a new layer of Revell's No. 61 - "Smaragd Green".
Battle Damage:Before I spray-painted the bodywork with Citadel's primer "Chaos Black" I covered the turbine with dough in order to protect the original paint of the turbine.
And this is how it looks after I removed the dough again:
I also dry-brushed some edges of the damaged bodywork with Citadel's "Necron Compound".
I then used Revell's pigment "Deep Black" to make this area look damaged as if the turbine had burnt before. Finally, I added a layer of Citadel's shade "Nuln Oil".
And this is how it looks compared to Hasbro's original:
Turbines:Highlighting the back of the turbines was not much work. I dry-brushed the "grille" with Citadel's "Necron Compound".
After the dry-brush I added some of Revell's pigment "Deep Black" to make it look like Hasbro's paint on the front of the turbines. I covered the turbines' front before applying the primer (see post above) to maintain both areas.
And here's a before and after picture of both versions of the Flash Speeder.
Just wanted to give you a quick update. Unfortunately the Speeder is still not done completely.
Unfortunately I lost a part of the interior. Therefore I cannot put the Speeder back together before I find it. I'll update this post as soon as I find the missing part.
The canon will be updated as well. Since I only got one missle I'll have to make a resin part for my custom Speeder.
Best regards from Germany!
- Philipp
